This really unlocked something for me. Before consolidation, a crossover meant two competing companies worked out a deal to give fans something exciting. Now it's a reminder that three people own the entire creative output of the whole human race.

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It's weird how people who talk about how they can't afford not to get a taxi for their burrito will also speak pejoratively of "brunch"

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people start with the idea that they don't like mainline dems & work backwards from that into a pure alternate universe

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Tbh, I think a lot of online discourses about art make more sense if you understand that many people think the point of art is to enjoyment without any discomfort (unless it actively signals it, i.e. horror) and therefore if you say you like some piece it means you enjoyed it w/o discomfort.

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This is really good in a bunch of ways. I was especially caught by the materialist explanation of contemporary short story aesthetics (regardless of region, genre, etc.) — stories are published and awarded for the qualities that make them attractive to readers with much too much to read.

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